CVE-2016-2186

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.5.1 - Denial of Service via USB Device Descriptor

Title source: llm

Description

The powermate_probe function in drivers/input/misc/powermate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.

References (24)

Core 24

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-2

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9c6ba456711687b794dcf285856fc14e2c76074f

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84337

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317015

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-3

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/117

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-1

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html

Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/85

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9c6ba456711687b794dcf285856fc14e2c76074f

Scores

CVSS v3 4.6

EPSS 0.0008

EPSS Percentile 23.7%

Attack Vector PHYSICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published

Products (13)

canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04

linux/linux_kernel < 4.5.0

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo 11.0 sp4

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_desktop 12.0 (2 CPE variants)

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching 12.0

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud 12.0

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension 11.0 sp4

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension 12.0 sp1

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_server 11.0 extra (2 CPE variants)

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_server 12.0 (2 CPE variants)

... and 3 more

Published May 02, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026